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In set 215 'Red Indians' (maxi-fig, though the one child has a minifig head)
they are definitely red.....
Duq
"Terry Prosper" <t@rotule.qc.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.build.minifigs, Nathan Wells writes: • <snip>Just wondering,
> >
> > Just about everyone knows about the
>
> "If-LEGO-can-make-Shaq-and-Kobe-minifigs-then-why-can't-they-make-Windu-and • -Lando-minifigs?"
> > argument, and the common reply is something like "Kobe and Shaq and real
> > people, Lando and Windu are not. Therefore, LEGO will not release a
> > fictional character that is not Caucasian." Both arguments are good, but
> > what about this minor detail:
> >
> > Some Studios sets contain a minifig that looks suspiciously Steven
> > Spielberg, and he's yellow. Isn't Spielberg a 'real' person?
> >
> > Your thoughts on this puzzling subject?
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Lord of the LEGO
>
>
> Ironically, LEGO does this to avoid any controversy about race. Their
> argument is that if they do release Mace in a brown color, yellow will
> automatically represent caucasian. But LEGO considers yellow to be • yellow,
> not caucasian, black, red or green. They say that yellow is not caucasian
> and I believe it's not. The NBA figs show this real well as the caucasian
> players are tan, not yellow.
>
> Now, I too want to see a Windu and Lando Minifig, but although I would • love
> it if they were brown, I wouldn't mind, I would maybe even prefer if they
> were brown. Not because I'm racist. I'm not. But because that way,
> they'll be making a clear statement that yellow is yellow, not caucasian • nor
> black. Unfortunately, many people don't agree with this argument and it's
> why LEGO hasn't yet released those minifigs.
>
> If they do release them in any other color than yellow, people will have • an
> argument to say that LEGO is racist because the only minifigs representing
> black people are these 2. They'll cry out loud that more black Minifigs
> should be released. Which would, in that situation, be true.
>
> Remeber the native americans? They were yellow, although real Natives are
> not caucasians. Same applies for OrientExpedition Minifigs. You see,
> Minifigs are not humans. They are plastic little people and they should • all
> remain yellow. It's not, IMO, racism, it's marketing. It's avoiding the
> best they can any racial controversy that could arise if they did release
> black minifigs.
>
> So let's hope they do release Lando AND Mace Windu in yellow ASAP so that
> question can be once and for all put behind us.
>
> Just my 2 cents,
>
> Terry
> www.rotule.qc.ca
>
> PS: As for Zinedine Zidane and Steven Spieldberg, they are yellow, not • tan,
> so it goes with the main argument that yellow is not caucasian, although
> caucasians can be yellow, just as blacks can be yellow, natives can be
> yellow, etc.
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